Seeking Global Solutions for Global Challenges: Climate Change, Economic & Financial Crises, Broadband & Netword, and Biotechnology
International Conference of the Chinese-American Professional Society
Saturday, November 14, 2009
8:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Host: Chinese-American Professional Society
Co-sponsors:
National Taiwan University Alumni Association, Southern California
Southern California Chinese American Environmental Protection Association
November 14, 2009
Pacific Palms Conference Resort
One Industry Hills Parkway, City of Industry, California 91744
This conference is made possible by a grant from the National Science Council, Republic of China (Taiwan)
REGISTRATION: Free, if done on-line. $50/person for on-site registration. Dinner tickets are available at $70 per person. Register here >>
8:00 - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 - 9:15 am Opening Remarks
Dr. Joe Huang, CAPS President
Sidney Lu, Senior Officer of Science & Technology Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
Dr. Walter Kiang, Conference Chair
9:15 - 10:45 am Climate Change & Greenhouse Gases Control Session - co-chairs: DR. WILLIAM YEH, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA: DR. KUO-NAN LIOU, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Director, UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE); DR. CHUCHING WANG,Senior Engineer, Water Resources Management Group, Metropolitan Walter District of Southern California
“Regional Climate Change: The Role of Light Absorbing Aerosols and Snow-Albedo Feedback”
DR. KUO-NAN LIOU, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Director, UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE)
“Climate Change and Mitigation Measures in California as well as China”
DR. DONGMING LUO, California Air Resources Board, the Air Quality and Climate Change Section
“Innovative Climate Initiatives and Technology Advancement Program”
DR. EDDY HUANG, Air Quality Director, CARB-Accredited GHG Lead Verifier
“Water Supply Impact associated with Climate Change and Adaptation Strategy”
DR. FRANCIS CHUNG, Chief of California DWR Modeling Support Branch
Discussant: CHUCHING WANG, Senior Engineer, Water Resources Management Group, Metropolitan Walter District of Southern California
10:45 - 11 am Coffee Break
11 - 12:30 pm Economics Session - co-chairs: JOE HUANG, President/CEO, American Plus Bank, N.A.; and DR. CINDY FANG, Chair of Department of Finance & Law, California State University, Los Angeles
“Cross-Strait Economic Relations and its Development of ECFA”
DR. WUU-LONG LIN, Retired Professor, United Nations
“U.S. and Taiwan Economic Relations Update and Prospect”
DR. JAMES HSINHUA WU, Director, Commercial Division, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Los Angeles
“International Portfolio Investment”
DR. CINDY FANG, Chair of Department of Finance & Law, California State University of Los Angeles
Discussant: KEVIN YANG Merrill Lynch Senior Financial Advisor and Assistant Vice President in Pasadena, California Merrill Lynch Office
12:30 - 1:45 pm Lunch Keynote Speech by YELENA TAKHTAMANOVA (Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank)
Welcome by Director-General Chung-Chen Kung, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
Introduced by Dr. Joe Huang, CAPS President
I:45 - 2:00 pm Coffee Break
2:00 - 3:30 pm Communications Session - co-chairs: MONICA CHANG, Economics Professor, and Research Fellow at Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), and ADAM HUARNG, Chair, Department of Information Systems, California State University, Los Angeles
“Wireless Broadband Access and WiMAX Development in Taiwan”
ZSE-HONG TSAI, Deputy Director, Networked Communication Programs, NSC, and Professor of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan University
“Wireless Broadband Business Application Synopsis”
ALEX HSU, Senior Executive Director for External Affairs, UCLA
“An IP Measurement for 4G Implementation”
SONG XIANG and ADAM HUARNG, Professors of Information SystemS, California State University, Los Angeles
“Ultra-Broadband Network: The Washington Perspective and Activities”
ELI NOAM, Economics/Finance Professor, and Founding Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Discussants: ANDY LEAN, CEO & Founder, My Choice Media, Inc., and JOSEPH CHEN, President, Chinese-American Computer Association
3:30 - 3:45 pm Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:15 pm Biotechnology Session - co-chairs DR. JENCHEN YANG, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine, and DR. KEVIN P. CHENG, President & Chairman, JSK BioMed Co.
“High-Tech Approaches for Research on Chinese Medicine”
DR. SHIN LIN, Professor of Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Integrative Medicine, University of California, Irvine, and National Advisory Council on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
“Taiwan’s Biotech Industry: An Overview”
DR. JEFF WANG, President, Development Center for Biotechnology, Taiwan
“Chinese Medical Device Market”
DR. TY HU, Chairman & CEO, InnoMed Scientific Inc., Founder, Gateway Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai, China
“Biotechnology 2009”
DR. JENCHEN YANG, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
Discussants: DR. STEVE JIA, CEO, JSK BioMed Co.; FRANK CHEN, President, Cosmos Energy Corporation; DR. JAR-HOW LEE, Vice President of Research, One Lambda, Inc.; DR. ROGER TU, Founder & Chief Technology Adviser, NanoMega Medical Corporation
